Water

Recent Advances in Offshore Hydrodynamics

edited by

and Xuanlie Zhao

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3335 | Submission Open

Keywords: waves– structure interaction; offshore engineering; hydrodynamic analysis; ocean renewable energy; fixed and floating offshore wind turbines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)

Fostering Desertification Control for Sustainable Development: Soil and Water Conservation Perspectives

edited by Zeeshan Ahmed

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3281 | Submission Open

Keywords: desertification; climate change; vegetation restoration; food security; soil erosion; sustainable livelihood; water harvesting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Impact of Climate and Socio-Economics on Irrigation Water Management and Agricultural Water Productivity: 2nd Edition

edited by

Chenglong Zhang

and

Xiaojie Li

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3195 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation water supply; irrigation water demand; irrigation water management; agricultural water productivity; crop water consumption; irrigation water prediction and simulation; climate change; socio-economic conditions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)

Contaminant Transport, Risk Assessment, and Ecological Impacts in Karst

edited by

Wei Liu

,

Wei Chen

and Matej Blatnik

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3108 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater and surface contamination; hydrological processes; contaminant transport; environmental risk evaluation; ecological impacts; karst systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Policy Innovation and Integrated Governance for Sustainable Urban Water Management

edited by

Ziheng Shangguan

, Eleni Zafeiriou and

Mohd Yawar Ali Khan

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1782 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water resource management; policy innovation; integrated governance; institutional design; water use efficiency; digital water governance; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Yellow River Basin Management Under Pressure: Present State, Restoration and Protection, 4th Edition

edited by

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,

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and Qingsong Wu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1527 | Submission Open

Keywords: Yellow River Basin; current state and challenges; human– water relationships; emerging pollutants; water security; high-quality development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Marine Plastic Pollution: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Umberto Andriolo

and

Laura Corbari

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1390 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine litter; microplastics; macroplastics; plastic pollution; marine ecosystems; monitoring techniques; hydrodynamic models; environmental impact; socio-economic impact; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)

Climate Modeling and Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrological Cycle

edited by Yi Wang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1250 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate models; hydrological cycle; water resource management; extreme hydrological events; ecohydrological response; greenhouse gas emission scenarios (RCPs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Identification, Treatment and Risk Assessment of Emerging Contaminants in Water Ecosystems

edited by Sai Xu and Yuxiang Zhu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 841 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; contamination control and treatment; water ecosystems; remediation; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

AI, Machine Learning and Digital Twin Applications in Water, 2nd Edition

edited by

Bithin Datta

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 831 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); digital twin; big data analytics; sensor networks; ensembles; decision models; smart sensors; digital platforms; surrogate models; water resource management; flood and drought forecasting; groundwater systems; surface water systems; contamination detection; linked simulation-optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resource Management

edited by Xueying Li,

Amar Deep Tiwari

and

Liu Liu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geographic information systems; water resource management; hydrological monitoring and modeling; climate change adaptation; flood risk; drought assessment; machine learning; hybrid models; geospatial analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Distribution and Toxicity of Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Sheng Liu

and

Kun Li

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; aquatic ecosystems; environmental behaviors; ecotoxicity; risk assessment; remediation technologies; analytical methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Aquaculture Water Safety, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xingguo Liu

,

Jun Xie

and

Jie Wang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture; aquaculture engineering; water quality control; aquaculture wastewater treatment; green and low-carbon aquaculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)

Petroleum and Plastic Biodegradation and Bioremediation in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Carlos Costa

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: petroleum biodegradation; plastic biodegradation; water pollution by petroleum; microplastics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

The Application of Adsorption Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

edited by Martin J. Taylor and

Amthal Al-Gailani

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; wastewater treatment; heavy metal removal; organic pollutant adsorption; low-cost adsorbents; fixed-bed systems; regeneration; adsorption modelling; life cycle assessment (LCA); environmental sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Emerging and Legacy Contaminants in Soil and Water Systems: Pathways, Monitoring, Characterization, and Treatment

edited by Jinsheng Huang,

Yuchuan Fan

and

Xi Zhang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; legacy contaminants; fate and transport; point and non-point sources; non-target screening; wastewater treatment; sorption; photocatalysis; nanomaterials; constructed wetlands; GIS; remote sensing; real-time monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: “Managed Aquifer Recharge and Management”

edited by

Thomas Missimer

and

Nicolò Colombani

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: managed aquifer recharge; aquifer storage and recovery; artificial aquifer recharge; salinity barriers; water reuse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Electrochemical Detection for Environmental and Water Quality Assessment

edited by

Sakthivel Kumaravel

,

Annalakshmi Muthaiah

and Thangaraj S.T. Balamurugan

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal detection; water contaminants; real-time monitoring; electrochemical detection of pathogens; environmental monitoring; water quality assessment; point-of-care diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Advances in Sediment Dynamics: Mechanisms, Modeling and Management in Transitional Environments

edited by

Maria Rita Maggi

,

Cosimo Peruzzi

,

Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama

and Marina Amadori

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment dynamics; transitional environments; hydrodynamics and morphodynamics; sediment transport modeling; field measurements; laboratory experiments; innovative monitoring techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)

Advances in Open-Channel Flow Hydrodynamics

edited by

Yeo Howe Lim

,

Reza Barati

and

Vida Atashi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: open‐channel flow; hydrodynamic structures; turbulence modeling; sediment scouring; flow– structure interaction; experimental and numerical modeling; ecohydraulics; remote sensing; data‐driven hydrodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

The Interrelationship Between Climate Change, Human Activities and Hydrological Processes, 4th Edition

edited by

Qianfeng Wang

,

Haijun Deng

and

Jinshi Jian

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; hydrological processes; water resources; vegetation; soil; rock; drought; heatwaves; mutual effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Coastal Ecology and Fisheries Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

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and

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: estuaries ecology and management; wetlands protection and management; mangroves restoration and construction; fishery resource assessment; coastal fishery management; fishery management policy; coral ecology and protection; ecosystem services; coastal culture and aquaculture; marine farming and construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)

Urban Drainage Systems and Stormwater Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yongwei Gong

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban drainage systems; urban flooding; low-impact development (LID); sponge city; urban rainwater collection; urban resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)

Water and Waste Management Strategies and Environmentally Sustainable Approaches

edited by

Premakumara Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage

and

Chen Liu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated water and waste management; environmental sustainability; circular economy; urban environmental systems; nature-based solutions; community-based resource management; environmental policy and governance; smart technologies in resource management; artificial intelligence (AI); systems thinking; sustainable development goals (SDGs); resource efficiency; environmental engineering; sustainability science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Multicriteria Analysis and Decision-Making in Water Resources Management

edited by

Michael P. Strager

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed management; GIS; decision science; policy and planning; restoration; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Integrated Approaches to Climate-Driven Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources Management

edited by

Massoud Behboudian

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate– hydrology interactions; water resources management; hydrological modeling; extreme events; adaptive governance; remote sensing in hydrology; sustainable water systems; machine learning applications; watershed resilience; socio-hydrological systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Urban Hydrological Resilience: Innovations in Hazard Mitigation and Management

edited by

Weiwei Shao

and Xin Su

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban hydrological resilience; hazard mitigation and management; flood and drought risk; nature-based solutions; smart and digital water systems; climate change adaptation; integrated water resources management; resilient urban infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Solid Waste Management and Its Impacts on Groundwater Quality

edited by

Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri

and

María-Elena Rodrigo-Clavero

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid waste management; groundwater contamination; leachate migration; numerical modeling; pollution mitigation techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Flow System of Groundwater in Volcanic Aquifers

edited by

Alemu Yenehun

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater flow; hydrogeochemistry; groundwater recharge; surface– groundwater interaction; water balance; aquifer recharge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Integrated Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystems Nexus for Sustainable Water Management and Public Health: Conceptualization and Modelling

edited by Dimitrios Th Kofinas

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: WEFE nexus; sustainable water systems; integrated modeling; simulation; decision support; water governance; resource management; scenario analysis; climate resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)

Treatment Wetlands Applications in the Development Projects

edited by Marco A Belmont

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; wastewater reuse; constructed wetlands; water quality; stormwater

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Innovative Approaches in Flood Forecasting and Modeling for Risk Mitigation

edited by Daniela Gogoase Nistoran

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8603 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological and hydraulic models; data driven models; flood mapping; urban floods; climate change; remote sensing; flood forecasting; flood risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Water: Economic, Social and Environmental Analysis

edited by

Joaquin Melgarejo

and

Francisco De Borja Montaño Sanz

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4400 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; economic analysis; social equity; environmental sustainability; integrated approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Advanced Treatment Technologies for Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

edited by

Xiayuan Wu

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3757 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; advanced treatment technologies; adsorption methods; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); membrane filtration; hybrid treatment systems; bioremediation; sustainable water management; nanomaterials; water quality restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Adsorption Technologies in Wastewater Treatment Processes—2nd Edition

edited by

Qili Hu

and

Liting Hao

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3691 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; modeling; optimization; novel materials; emerging contaminants; recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management

edited by

Koichiro Kuraji

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2929 | Submission Open

Keywords: economics of watershed management; forest hydrology; natural disaster prevension; natural flood management; sustainable forest management; watershed management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

China Water Forum, 4th Edition

edited by

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, Dunxian She,

,

and

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2891 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and hydrological evolution; water resources evaluation; planning; and management; flood; drought and water security; human– water relationship and comprehensive control; ecohydrology and water environment protection; groundwater resources and environment; water information technology and digital twin basins; national water network and major water conservancy projects; water policy and water control strategy; “ carbon peak and neutrality” target and water resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in Ocean Engineering—Second Edition

edited by

Zhipeng Zang

and

Ming Zhao

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2674 | Submission Open

Keywords: waves and tidal current; internal waves; submarine pipeline/cables; flow/wave– structure interactions; local scour/seabed evolution; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

Fate and Transport of Contaminants in Soil and Water

edited by

Changyin Zhu

,

Da Ouyang

and

Hui Wang

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 996 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; micropollutants; soil pollution; water pollution; contaminant remediation; source identifi-cation; fate; and transport; degradation and by-products; numerical modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Disaster Risks and Resilience in Water Conservancy Projects

edited by

Xin Zhao

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 613 | Submission Open

Keywords: water conservancy projects; disaster prevention; ice-related hazards; geological risks; hydro-meteorological events; operational failures; environmental impact; risk assessment and monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

Virtual Water Trade and Transboundary Water-Energy Security Frameworks

edited by Renhong Wu

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual water trade; transboundary water governance; energy– water nexus; sustainable development; environmental economics; water– energy– food nexus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)

Diatom Biodiversity and Their Adaptation to Environment Change

edited by Mateusz Rybak

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: diatoms; ecology; antropocene; human impact; diversity; taxonomy; freshwater; marine; coastal habitats; environmental adaptations; environmental changes; paleoecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)

Changes in Hydrology and Rainfall–Runoff Processes at Watersheds

edited by

Grzegorz Janicki

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall– runoff processes; overland flow; slope hydrology; sheet flow; inter-rill and rill flow; episodic channel flow; flow regime; hydraulic geometry; watersheds; small catchment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

The Fate of Radionuclides in Water Bodies

edited by Žana Skuratovič

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental radioactivity; nuclear waste; water contamination; radionuclide transport; isotope monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Water Governance and Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mariusz Adynkiewicz-Piragas

,

Leszek Kuchar

,

Alicja Edyta Krzemińska

and Anna Zaręba

submission deadline 29 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; sustainable water resources management; water governance and policies; climate change; climate change adaptation; water resources monitoring; stakeholder engagement; decision support systems; water-related tourism; blue-green infrastructure; aquatic ecosystem restoration; urban water planning; transboundary water management; water– energy– food nexus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Groundwater Resources: Their Protection, Restoration and Optimal Development

edited by

Konstantinos Katsifarakis

,

Dimitrios K. Karpouzos

and Yiannis Kontos

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 960 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial groundwater recharge; coastal aquifers; groundwater flow; groundwater pollution control; low-enthalpy geothermal energy; groundwater trading; transboundary aquifers; groundwater– surface water interaction; sustainable groundwater irrigation; groundwater vulnerability; historical groundwater development research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

The Occurrence, Fate and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater, 2nd Edition

edited by Changqing Zhu and

Chen Ling

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 858 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants ; wastewater ; monitoring ; management ; treatment technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

New Tools and Methods for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment

edited by

Leticia Baena-Ruiz

and

Samrit Luoma

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 393 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater contamination; groundwater vulnerability; climate change; groundwater vulnerability validation; artificial intelligence; GIS models; aquifer characterization; risk mitigation; pollution prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Geothermal Reservoir Modeling: Emerging Techniques, Practical Applications and Modeling Challenges

edited by

Rita Esuru Okoroafor

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: geothermal reservoir modeling; enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs); coupled process simulation; data-driven modeling; reservoir characterization; uncertainty quantification; model calibration; sustainable geothermal development; hybrid geothermal systems; subsurface energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advanced Methods in Geomorphic Analysis and Flood-Prone Landscape Dynamics

edited by

Salvatore Ivo Giano

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: methods in geomorphology; landscape susceptibility; risk mitigation; GIS application; engineering geology; natural processes vs. human activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

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